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When will Melbourne break these embarrassing records?

praha
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1443 points against is also, by a very long way, the fewest points we've conceded in a 22-game season.

The previous best was 2018, which was 1749.

Also, not including last year's shortened games, this is the first time we've gone through an entire H&A season without conceding 100 points since 1962.

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    On 4/16/2015 at 9:32 AM, praha said:

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    Win the minor premiership

    - Last time: 1964 (50 years and counting)

    Win a final outside of Victoria

    - Last win: Never (2 games, 2 losses)

    Well we got the minor premiership, and ironically will probably have an opportunity to know off the interstate final too!

     

    I think I read that we've play 87 finals at 9 venues, but only won at 4 of those venues. And of those 4 venues, the only one in current use is the MCG. So any finals wins this year will add to those numbers!

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    2 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    largest score kicked against (I think)

    Our record of 36.22.238 v Fitzroy in 1979 (I was there :huh:) was eclipsed in 1992 by Geelong's 37.17.239 v Brisbane Bears. 

    That day at VFL Park remains the highest losing margin of 190 points.  Second is 186.

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    l was so happy when port took off our record for grand final belting.

    Cant really see someone kick 100 a year in today’s standards. It’s more a team effort that wins games 

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    I suspect our average losing margin may well be the lowest we've ever recorded in a H&A season. It was 11.875 points per loss. Or, with a tweak of the language, our average margin in games we didn't win (ie, including the draw) was 9.4 points. 

    Compare that with Essendon in 2000 where their (ahem) average losing margin was 11 points.

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    Can't believe in it's entire history Saturday night was the first time a Melb player has kicked a goal after the siren.

     

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    Not one of ours, but I have just been advised that the last time Essendon won a final without Sheedy as coach was in the Preliminary Final of 1968 when Jack Clarke was coach.

    Just makes me feel better writing that down.

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    On 8/23/2021 at 9:30 AM, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I suspect our average losing margin may well be the lowest we've ever recorded in a H&A season. It was 12 points per loss. Or, with a tweak of the language, our average margin in games we didn't win (ie, including the draw) was 9.4 points. 

    Compare that with Essendon in 2000 where their (ahem) average losing margin was 11 points.

    In 2013 anything under a ten goal loss I took as a moral victory. We have come a long way. 

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    On 8/23/2021 at 9:43 AM, Win4theAges said:

    Can't believe in it's entire history Saturday night was the first time a Melb player has kicked a goal after the siren.

     

    To win a game

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    44 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    To win a game

    Some fine pedantry there 😍

    Does anyone know how many other occasions we have had after the siren?

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    Well this week we know we can break the 21 year drought of winning a prelim final/making a Grand Final.

    We can also beat a side for the third time in one season, which will be the first time we've done that I believe since we beat Carlton three times in 1988.

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    On 8/26/2021 at 5:11 PM, rpfc said:

    To win a game

    Yeah, Robbie kicked one at VFL Park about R 14 1987 v StK on cold wet Waverley day. Last time I saw him play. 
    Flew OS on the Monday. 
    Dees won next 9 straight - until another after siren kick - on TV in UK that night. Before Sky and internet of things

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    On 4/16/2015 at 9:32 AM, praha said:

    Having won in Round 1 this year, we broke a decade-long record of having not won in the first week of the season.

    What other records are in dire need of being broken?

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    Win the minor premiership

    - Last time: 1964 (50 years and counting)

    Win a final outside of Victoria

    - Last win: Never (2 games, 2 losses)

    We can actually cross off the last two on this now!

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    45 minutes ago, deanox said:

    We can actually cross off the last two on this now!

    Severe lack of vision from the OP not to include "Win a Prelim" or (shock horror) "Win a Premiership" in their list of embarrassing records.

    Praha I hope you are adequately shamed in the next couple of weeks as we go on to do both.

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    Win an interstate Prelim by 80 points 

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    Beat Geelong 3 times in a season

     

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    5 hours ago, radar said:

    Win an interstate Prelim by 80 points 

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    Beat Geelong 3 times in a season

     

    And beat Geelong by the greatest margin in the club's history and in a prelim to boot...

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    On 4/16/2015 at 9:50 AM, Action Jackson said:

    Maybe we can keep this going until we've marked them all off. Maybe then we can feel like the team is moving forward!

    Yeah I think they're moving forward now. 

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    That'll do, mods. That'll do.

    Close this thread.

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    EXORCISM !!!!!

    Need a formal ceremony at the G once lockdown ends.

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    And finally all records are broken!

    This thread can be officially closed!

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    The wait is over. 

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